Nuclear Physics Division

Division info:

Scientific activities of the Division of Nuclear Physics concentrate on the following projects:

• Studies of the mechanism of nucleus-nucleus collisions in a wide range of energies, from a few MeV/nucleon to several tens of GeV/nucleon
• Studies of the properties of excited states in exotic nuclei. Detection of gamma radiation is the main experimental tool in these studies
• Implementation of experimental methods of nuclear physics to medicine and technology

Studies of the mechanism of nucleus-nucleus collisions in a wide range of energies, from a few MeV/nucleon to several tens of GeV/nucleon

The aim of these studies is to obtain information on the properties of nuclear matter, in particular, on hot and dense matter. Experiments are performed in Warsaw and in leading European laboratories (GSI Darmstadt, LNS Catania). We also participate in a project of constructing a big detector system, the main experimental tool in the new European Accelerator Facility (FAIR Darmstadt) that is presently in course of building.

Studies of the properties of excited states in exotic nuclei. Detection of gamma radiation is the main experimental tool in these studies

Experiments are performed in Warsaw with the use of the Warsaw Cyclotron and in European laboratories ILL Grenoble and LNL Legnaro. Special interest is devoted to measurements of very short lifetimes, of the order of picoseconds. The lifetime measurements combined with determination of the level schemes provide important information on the structure of the nucleus.

Implementation of experimental methods of nuclear physics to medicine and technology

This project aims at opening a positron-electron tomography (PET) center in Warsaw and also at developing studies of the radiobiological effects of heavy ions on living cells.

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